Help raise money for Philippine typhoon victims by surfing the Web

The nonprofit organization Tab for a Cause is donating $0.10 toward a fund for victims of Typhoon Haiyan for every user who signs up for its browser extension between Saturday and Tuesday.

The nonprofit organization Tab for a Cause is donating $0.10 toward a fund for victims of Typhoon Haiyan for every user who signs up for its browser extension between Saturday and Tuesday. (Tab for a Cause)

Salvador Rodriguez

Starting this weekend, users can help raise money for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines by simply surfing the Web.

Tab for a Cause, the organization behind a Web browser extension that donates money to charity every time users open a new tab on their browsers, said it will donate an extra $0.10 for every user who signs up for the service between Saturday and Tuesday.

The way Tab for a Cause works is by showing users ads every time they open a new tab on their browsers, instead of just a blank page.

The money generated from those advertisements -- fractions of a cent for each tab -- are then donated to various charities, including Water.org, Human Rights Watch and the International Peace Institute as well as Action Against Hunger.

Tab for a Cause has been around since late 2011 and has about 30,000 users. Users have helped the nonprofit organization donate nearly $20,000 to date simply by surfing the Web.